understanding science and technology

Why is creativity considered a scientific attitude?

come up with different experiments.

Science

way of knowing

t, the one variable that is changed is called

All the things in an experiment that must be the same to make it fair

controlled variables or constants

How does studying science help you be a better member of society?

Understanding how science works will help you make better decision

scientific method

Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate result

Information gathered from observing

data

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.

making observation

When your learners shares their findings in class , they are

communicating results

Design brief

The term given to the statement of how you intend to develop solution related to a given problems or need

testable statements based on prior knowledge and observations

Hypotheses

Technological Process,

1. Identifying a problem or need.
2. Researching and gathering information.
3. Designing a solution.
4. Planning the development of the solution.
5. Creating a prototype.
6. Testing the prototype.
7. Evaluating the results and refining the design as necessary.
8. Communicating the process and final product.

Scientific Method outlined in CAPS

Identify a problem and develop a question.
Form a hypothesis predicting what will happen and why.
Design an experiment to test the hypothesis.
Observe and record changes or results.
Make inferences, draw conclusions, and determine if the results support the hypothesis.

IDMEC

INVESTIGATE
DESIGN
MAKE
EVAULATE
COMMUNICATING

BASICS PROCESS SKILLS

OBSERVING
INFERRING
CLASSIFYING
MEASURING
PREDICTING
COMMUNICATING

INTEGRATED PROCESS

DESIGN EXPERIMENTS
CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS
INTERPRETING DATA
PROBLEM SOLVING

Qualitative

- a type of observation that does not involve numbers such as the water is blue.

Quantitative -

- a type of observation that involves numbers

Hypothesis

A statement that is testable or can be proven to be right or wrong

Control -

something that does not receive experimental treatment and the conditions are viewed as normal. Experimental results are compared to the control to verify results.

- Dependent variable:

the piece of the experiment that changes and is being measured

ndependent variable

: the piece of the experiment that is worked with during the experiment to obtain results

• Is an explanation of why repeated experiments give certain results

theory

Scientific Law

a summary of observations or experimental results of natural occurrences are made without trying to explain why they happen

technology

The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes